diff --git a/espeakup.8 b/espeakup.8
index 8349702..4a9db6c 100644
--- a/espeakup.8
+++ b/espeakup.8
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 .\" Espeakup is Copyright 2008 by William Hubbs.
 .\" This is free software; see the GNU General Public Licence version 3
 .\" or later for copying conditions.  There is NO warranty.
-.TH ESPEAKUP 8 "5 Nov 2008" "0.4"
+.TH ESPEAKUP 8 "5 Nov 2008" "0.6"
 .nh
 .SH NAME
 espeakup \(em connect Speakup to the ESpeak TTS engine
diff --git a/espeakup.c b/espeakup.c
index 7b8f8f5..4f9f50e 100644
--- a/espeakup.c
+++ b/espeakup.c
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 #include "espeakup.h"
 
 /* program version */
-const char *Version = "0.51";
+const char *Version = "0.6";
 
 /* path to our pid file */
 const char *pidPath = "/var/run/espeakup.pid";